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Columns::November 26, 2001

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Doctoral student gets $1 million grant
David L. Whiters, a first-year doctoral student in the School of Social Work, has received a $1 million grant from the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment for his work in mobilizing and empowering members of the recovery community to become effective lobbyists and leaders in the field of substance abuse treatment and education. Whiters, who heads the nonprofit organization Recovery Consultants of Atlanta, Inc., will receive about $200,000 a year for five years for his Recovery Community Support Program.
“Our goal is to reduce the stigma associated with alcohol and drug addiction and develop advocates among the recovery community,” says Whiters, who plans to shape his dissertation around the work he performs as director of this project. Other UGA social work graduate students will participate in research projects within the program.
CSAT, a branch of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, awarded grants to only 20 other community-based organizations. As the only grant recipient from the state of Georgia, Whiters says this as an opportunity to build relationships across the state’s diverse recovery communities.

New locations for SAT, LSAT are announced
Due to the rescheduling of the UGA football game, the reporting locations of two national tests scheduled for Dec. 1 have been changed. This change applies only to those candidates assigned to (or planning to) take the SAT and LSAT tests at UGA. No tests will be administered in the Chemistry Building or the Poultry Sciences Building on Dec. 1.
The SAT is now scheduled to be administered in the Ramsey Student Center. Parking will be available in the East Campus parking deck. Candidates should report to the lobby of the Ramsey Center to be directed to their assigned testing rooms.
The Law School Admissions Test is now scheduled to be administered in the Classic Center on Thomas Street in downtown Athens. Parking will be available in Lot C-4 on Foundry Street (behind the Classic Center). LSAT admissions tickets or authorized admissions letters should be presented to the attendant for parking in this lot; this authorization expires at 4 p.m. Candidates should then report to the Classic Center building to be directed to their assigned testing rooms. Cars remaining in the parking lot after 4 p.m. are subject to towing.
This information also is available on the Counseling and Testing Center’s Web site: www.uga.edu/counseling.

Moot court team beats Florida
UGA’s School of Law moot court team beat the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law team in the 22nd annual Hulsey-Kimbrell Moot Court Competition.
Third-year law students Eric Getty and Darius Pattillo--coached by third-year student Natalie Woodward--comprised UGA’s team.
“Our team was very well prepared for an active bench,” says law school dean David Shipley.
UGA leads the Hulsey-Kimbrell Moot Court Competition 16-6.
The win was very important for the moot court team because it was the first competition of the season and sets the tone for the remainder of the school year, according to Kellie Casey, director of the law school’s advocacy program.
“Unfortunately, this is also the last competition for Getty, Pattillo and Woodward as they move forward to their studies for graduation and the state bar,” Casey says.
Earlier this year, Getty, Pattillo and Woodward won the Intrastate Competition trophy for UGA for the first time since 1994.

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